Improvement in mouse-traps



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Letters Patent No. 110,357, dated December 20, 1870.

IMPROVEMENT IN MOUSE-TRAPS.

The Schedule referred to :ln these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom'it nuzy concern .y l

' Beit known that I, HUBERT C. HART, of Unionville, of Hartford county,A in the State o f Connecticut,

have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Mouse-Traps; andl I do'hereby'declare that the fol`v lowing is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to thel accompanying drawing making part of this application.

Previous to my invention, a` great variety of mouse-f f traps' has been devised, among which is a simple one known as the wood-choke trap, which is composed of a block of.\vood cut out from the side on which it is designed to sit or rest,-and pierced on one or more of its other sides with one or more holes, which; commnnicate with the hollow (or cut-out) space, and which serve as entrances for thc /head of the animal; and immediately inside of suoli holes are arranged wire yokes, which are drawn suddenly up and choke the relates particularly to this kind of? construction, reduce the cost ot' manufacture, and

Y render the trap-mechanism more sure in itsoperation and capable of being more easily set fand to these -ends My invention consists in the employment, in connection with the ordinary wire yoke and spring lifterl frame, ofa latch-bar or arm pivoted wit-hin the space surrounded by the spring-frame, and which operates directly ou the latter to hold it, and also serves as the trigger for letting the trapoli,l hs will be presentlymore fully explained.

IVo enable those skilled iu the art to make and usey my invention, I will proceed to describe it more particularly, referring by letters to the .accompanying Figure 1 is a top view;

Figure 2, a vertical section at a: x, fig. l -and Figure 3, a front view of a single-hole trap embodying my improvements.

In the several gures the same part is designated .by the same letter of reference.

A is the ywooden portion or body of the trap,A which is cut out in the usual manner, and is provided with the wire yoke b and spring lifter-frame c, which parts Vare made and arranged to operate in the customary way. f

kIulieu of having a wire tonguel pivoted in front of the frame c, and so arranged as to hold it down, and in'turn be held at its inner end by the trigger-bar, as in traps as heretofore made, I'providea trigger-bar or arm (l, which I pivot to a wire staple at j, as clearly. shown.

This arm cl is formed of dat or sheet metal, and'with lor holds down the spring frame 0,1 and the lower end of said arm d is bent and pointed, as sliown,'iu'a suit- 'lhe block A is cnt out and slotted, as 'shown at 5 6, to facilitate the placement and attachment of the trigger arm and latch d. p

.Lhe operation of the vtrap needs little explanation;

(and consequently the yoke l1) is held down' as shown Y-frame c 'will he released from the lip 4, and the said frame, flying suddenly up, will carry with it the yoke Inallllel'. Y

on the frame c,) insteadrof a hinged tongue to lap over the frame, and a pivoted trigger to catch hold of' the ism is not only simplified and made cheaper, but it 'is rendered capable ot' being much moreconveniently handled and set; and it will also be seen that, by makiVitnesses J. MCINTIRE,

E. S. H. GULLY,

a lip at 4, (see fig. 2,) which catches over and confines able manner, to adapt it to receive and hold. the bait'.

when set, as illust-rated in the drawing, the frame c' by the lip 4 ot the latch d. Ihe momeutfthe bait'ed (lower) end of said bar l is moved, the front eudlot" l), and catch the ,mouse by the neck, all in the usual It will be seen that by -having an oscillatory bar d,

arranged and operating as described, (acting directly.

tongue, as has been customary, the trap mcclia'n'- ing the catch-barand trigger all in one piece of flat metal, as shown, it can' be very cheaply manufactured. 

